4-Tier Readiness
What works where, and why.
Each tier maps to specific infrastructure capabilities. We update this when capabilities change.
Tier 1 · Ship today
United States · Canada · United Kingdom · Australia · Ireland · New Zealand
- Stripe Connect for coach payouts ✓
- Native English coach + client UI
- Currency auto-converts via Stripe
- GDPR covered for UK/IE (compliant by default)
- VAT handled when revenue thresholds hit (Stripe Tax integration v0.5)
- Health/coaching regs aligned with industry norms
Tier 2 · Ship with caveats
EU (DE / FR / ES / IT / NL etc.) · Singapore · Japan · Hong Kong
- Stripe Connect ✓
- English UI only — multi-language v0.6 roadmap
- GDPR consent UI generic at v0.4 — region-specific v0.5
- VAT/GST collection requires Stripe Tax setup (v0.5)
- Refund cooling-off 14-day EU mandate respected
- Localized ToS not yet — using global English version
Tier 3 · Email us first
India · Brazil · Mexico · UAE · Israel · South Africa
- Stripe Connect partial — verify per country
- Currency display in USD (multi-currency v0.5)
- Local-language UI not available
- Local tax handled by coach, not Cadence
- Health/coaching regs coach's responsibility
- Email
hello@vantagedigital.appwith country — we'll confirm fit before charging
Tier 4 · Roadmap or unsupported
China · Russia · Iran · North Korea · most of Africa · parts of Central Asia
- Stripe Connect not available
- Sanctions / regulatory restrictions in some markets
- Localization requires significant build (v0.7+)
- For these markets, we'd rather not promise what we can't deliver
- If you're a coach in one of these markets, contact us for a custom-build conversation (Vantage Digital studio path, not Cadence SaaS)
Capability matrix
What ships in which tier.
Specifics on what infrastructure works where, today.
| Capability | Tier 1 (US/CA/UK/AU/IE/NZ) |
Tier 2 (EU/SG/JP) |
Tier 3 (IN/BR/MX/UAE) |
Tier 4 (CN/RU/etc) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stripe Connect for coach | ✓ | ✓ | verify | — |
| Stripe accepts client payments | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| Coach pricing in USD | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| Native local-currency display | v0.5 | v0.5 | v0.5 | — |
| VAT/GST collection (Stripe Tax) | v0.5 | v0.5 | coach-handled | — |
| GDPR-compliant consent UI | ✓ | generic now, region-specific v0.5 | covered | — |
| 14-day EU refund cooling-off | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| English coach + client UI | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Spanish UI | v0.6 | v0.6 | v0.6 | — |
| AI plan generation (English prompts) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Voice AI (multi-lingual) | EN ✓ | EN ✓ | EN ✓ | EN ✓ |
| Wearable integrations (Apple/Whoop/Oura) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | varies |
| Apple/Google Calendar export | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | varies |
| Health/coaching regulatory adherence | aligned | coach-responsibility | coach-responsibility | unsupported |
| Email support response time | <24h | <24h | <48h | — |
v0.5 international build · Q3 2026
What's coming for tier 2-3.
The international upgrade ships in v0.5. Three core deliverables.
v0.5.1 · ~2 weeks
Stripe Tax integration
- VAT collection for EU customers above €10K
- UK VAT, Australian GST, Singapore GST
- Auto tax-receipt generation
- ~$0.50 per transaction add-on
v0.5.2 · ~1 week
GDPR-specific consent UI
- Per-purpose consent (analytics / marketing / functional)
- One-click data export (Right to Access)
- One-click account deletion (Right to Erasure)
- 72-hour breach notification flow
v0.5.3 · ~1 week
Multi-currency display
- Auto-detect visitor's currency from IP
- Display pricing in £ / € / A$ / C$ / etc.
- Behind-the-scenes Stripe still settles in USD
- Coach payouts in their local currency
Outside Tier 1? Let's verify before you sign up.
Drop us a line with your country. We'll confirm Stripe Connect support, regulatory fit, and any caveats before you put money down. We'd rather lose a sale than over-promise.
Email hello@vantagedigital.app Tier 1? Just sign up →